How will the US-VISIT entry procedures work?
Many of the procedures in place today will remain unchanged and are familiar to international travelers. A US Customs and Border Protection Officer will review each visitor’s travel documents, such as a visa and passport, and ask questions about the visitor’s stay in the USIn addition, the US Customs and Border Protection Officer will use an inkless digital “fingerscanner” to capture electronically two “fingerscans” of arriving visitors holding visas. The visitor will be asked to put the left index finger and then the right index finger on the scanner. The Customs and Border Protection Officer will also take a digital photograph of the visitor.The biographic and “fingerscan” data will be used to verify the identity of the visitor and will be compared against watch lists. At that point, the US Customs and Border Protection Officer will either admit the visitor or conduct additional inquiries based on the verification results. These procedures should reduce fraud, identity theft, and the
